Power and eagerness should guide reporters’ confidentiality decisions

Power and eagerness should be huge factors in deciding whether and when to grant confidentiality to sources. My blog post yesterday about confidential sources represents my views on dealing with whistleblowers and prominent people such as government and military officials. But those aren’t the only people journalists write about. While my starting point remains on-the-record-spell-your-name-please, [...]

Read Full Post »